Garment-fastener.



,Nb. 888,987. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908. J FORMAN GARMENT FASTENER. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 20, 1907.

lwanfoz JOSEPH FORMAN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

GARMENT-FASTENEB.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 26, 1908.

application filed A r-i120, 1907. Serial No. 369,195.

To all whom it may concern:

13e it known that I, JOSEPH FORMAN, a cltlzen of the United States, residing at Bal- I tilnore, in the Stateof Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements .1n Garment-Fasteners, of which the following'is a specification.

This. invention relates to garment fasteners and is designed to be attached to the overla pin separable portions of garments to hol sai portions together.

One object of the invention is to provide a fastener which may be attached to the garment in such a manner as to cause the strain to be a plied directly to the garment material an not depend u on stitching.

Another object of t 1e invention is to provide a. slmple and me); ensive fastener that may be formed by dies rom sheet metal and which will resent a neat appearance when ap lied to t 1e garment.

ith these and other objects in "iew the accompanying drawing illustrates'the invention in which,

Figure 1 illustrates a )ortion of a garment the overlapping edges oi which are provided with the improved fastening. Fig. 2 illustrates perspective views of the twofastener parts in their roper relative positions with respect to eaci other. Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate views of the flat blanks from which the two fastener parts are formed. Fig. 5 shows an enlarged cross-sectional view of the overlapped ed 'es of the garment and fastener parts in t e interlocked position. Fig. 6 shows a cross-sectional view through the interlocked fastener,-the section being taken in the line 66 of Fig. 5. Fig. 7 illustrates a similar view,the section however being taken on the line 77 of Fig. 5, and Fig. 8 shows a-horizontal section through one flapof the garment with the head part engagedtherewith.

Referring to the drawing by numerals 1,

designates the head portion of the two part.

fastener and, 2, the hook portion thereof. The head part of the fastener comprises the fiat disk or plate, 3, and the arms, 4, and, 5, formed integrally therewith. The metal from which this head part is formed is folded or bent at, 6, adjacent to the edge of the disk,"

or plate,

3, while a similar bend or-fold, 7, connects the arms, 4, and 5.

The crotch, 8,

:thus formed by the fold, 6, performs an 1111- ortant'function in the operation of the fes ener" as will presently be described.

when the two fastener The arm, 5, it will be noted is longer than the arm, 4, and said longer arm is provided at its end with a perforation, 9.

The fia portion, 10, of the garment is provided wit a short'vertical slit, 11, and the arms, 4, and 5 of the head fastener are passed through this slit,the perforated end of the arm, 5, first being passed through by moving it in a horizontal .direction away from the vertical edge, 12, of the flap, 10, and the arm, 4, then being. passed through the slit by moving the fastener in ahorizontal direction back toward said vertical edge, 12. When this head portion of the fastener is in its roper osition with res ect to the vertical s it, 11, 1n the garment apjshevertical edge, 13, of the slit willhave position in the crotch, 8, between the head, 3,'and arm, 4, audit will be seen that any direct horizontal pull on the head in the direction of the vertical edge, 12,

of the fla will only tend to wedge the edge, 13, in sai( crotch and the head part cannot be pulled out of the;slit by being drawn in such a direction. Stitches, 14, are preferably taken through the pprfpration, 9, and the material of the garmerit adjacent thereto and these stitches serve to'keep the end of the arm, 5, close against the inner side of the garment flap. By this manner of attaching the head portion .ofr the fastener to the garment flap the retention of the head in place does not depend upon the stitches, 14, but more on the edge,13, of the slit, 11. I The hook portion of the fastener may vary in its construction and manner of attachment but in the present instance this hook ortion comprises a fiat base plate, 15, havmg erforations 16, for securing it by stitches to tile flap, 17, of the garment; a hook plate, 18, and a curved arm, 19, connecting the hook plate and the base plate.

The hook plate has a central notched or cut away portion, 20, and a finger or leg, 21,. at each side thereof. The width of th s notch, 20, between the two fingers or legs 1s such as to enable it to straddle the fold or bend, 6, at the end of the arm, 4, so that arts are engaged the fingers or legs, 21, wiff project-behind the disk or plate, 3, and straddle the arm, 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

,member for attachment to one flap of the garment and .a head member for attachment to the other-flap of said garment,vsaid head member having an outer plate, an arm formed narrower than said head-and a second arm one end connected to the front arm and exten ing in a direction back toward said crotch and having a perforation in its free,

end.

2. .A garment fastener comprising a head 1 member having an outer plate and reversely I projecting armscarriedby-Siaid late from one edge thereof and a hookmem er having spaced apart'leg's which straddle one of the 1b armsof the head member and-project behind the late of said head member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.-

JOSEPH v j Witnesses:

- CHARLES BQMAN'NJ PARKER S. 'BUB ANK; 

